The Prague Philharmonia led by Emmanuel Villaume has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the vocal performances. Helen Charlston and Lukáš Pospíšil perform the music of Händel and Haydn. Performance Date: Oct. 22, 2024 Kristina Mkhitaryan, Petr Nekoranec, Vincenzo Taormina, and Nicola Alaimo lead Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale.” Marco Armiliato conducts. Performance Date: Nov. 29, 2024 Nicholas Brownlee {…}
In 2023, Carlo Rizzi and the British label of Opera Rara resurrected Mercadante’s unjustly neglected “Il Proscritto” – the story of the exile Giorgio Argyll’s return to Scotland and the ensuing, tragic love triangle at the heart of Salvadore Cammarano’s rather unlikely libretto. In 2024, conductor Rizzi turns his attention to another exile: the former tribune Settimio who is the {…}
Opera Rara has announced its 2024-25 season. Here is a look at the concert performances and album releases. Concerts The company will open its season with the 1857 version of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” in Manchester. Sir Mark Elder conducts The Hallé and Chorus of Opera North. The cast includes Nicola Alaimo (Simon Boccanegra), Eri Nakamura (Amelia), Iván-Ayón Rivas (Gabriele Adorno), {…}
Welcome back for this week’s look at the latest CD and DVD releases in the opera world. This week audiences will get to hear a new recording of Wagner’s final work with a famed cast and a full recording of Donzietti’s rarely performed work. L’esule di Roma Opera Rara releases its 27th complete Donizetti revival with the Britten Sinfonia conducted by {…}
Opera Rara has announced two upcoming concerts. Opera Rara will team up with Sir Mark Elder and The Hallé to present the original 1857 version of Verdi’s “Simon Boccanegra” at Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall. The version has been edited by Opera Rara’s Repertoire Consultant Roger Parker for Casa Ricordi. The concert performance will star Nicola Alaimo (Simon Boccanegra), Eleonora Buratto (Amelia), Iván-Ayón {…}
Opera Monte Carlo has announced its 2023 season featuring many of the greatest artists of our time. Cecilia Bartoli stars in Handel’s “Alcina” with Philippe Jarroussky, Sandrine Piau, Varduhi Abrahamyan, Maxim Mironov, and Peter Kalman. Gianluca Capuano conducts the production by Christof Loy. Performance Dates: Jan. 20-26, 2023 Gianluca Capuano conducts Rossini’s “Stabat Mater” with Maria Agresta, Varduhi Abrahamyan, Celso {…}
This week there is a special release from the Metropolitan Opera as well as two complete opera releases you will not want to miss. Here is a look! Crepuscolo BR-Klassik recorded a concert from Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich. The recital includes 27 songs spanning three decades of the composer’s career, including three complete song cycles as well as a selection {…}
The Opéra de Monte-Carlo and Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco are set to appear at the Vienna State Opera as part of the Festival Rossini Mania. Particularly notable about this performance series will be the Vienna State Opera debut of opera star Cecilia Bartoli. “When Bogdan Roščić asked me if I would be interested in accepting a kind of carte blanche {…}
Tha Maggio Musicale Fiorentino has announced its 2022-23 Season. Here is a look: Daniele Gatti conducts a revival of Rossini’s “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” with Ruzil Gatin, Vasilisa Berzhanskaya, Nicola Alaimo, Fabio Capitanucci, Evgeny Stavinskiy, and Carmen Buendí. Performance Dates: Sept. 8-15, 2022 Zubin Mehta conducts Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” with Cesare Lievi directing. Amartushvin Enkhbat, María José Siri, Ekaterina Semenchuck, Fabio Sartori, and Riccardo Fassi directing. Performance Dates: Sept. 29-Oct. {…}
It’s all about the complete opera recording this week. Opera lovers will be able to discover two new interpretations of famed works as well as four rarely performed works. One of the recordings is also a world premiere and will be a discovery for all operatic lovers. Rossini in 1819 Opera Rara will releases an 8-CD boxset Rossini in 1819 {…}
(Credit: Alain Hanel) The new production of Rossini’s “Il Turco in Italia” at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo was a symbolic bridge between the present and future of this illustrious opera house. The production’s stage director was Jean-Louis Grinda, who for the past fifteen years has also served as Director of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, while the show’s prima donna was {…}